Mary Williams Walsh (born December 1, 1955) is an American investigative journalist.

Background and education

Mary Williams Walsh was born in Wausau, Wisconsin, in 1955. She graduated from the

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in 1979 with degrees in French and

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. Walsh was a Walter Bagehot Fellow in economics and business journalism at

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's Graduate School of Business during the 1982–83 academic year and a Nieman Fellow at

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during the 1998–99 academic year. She is married with two children and lives in Philadelphia.

Career

Walsh began working as a general assignment reporter at ''

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'' in 1983 and was a

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for the ''Journal'' from 1985 to 1989, reporting from Latin America and South and Southeast Asia. From 1989 to 1998 Walsh was a foreign correspondent for the ''

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'', reporting from various locations in Europe, Africa and North America. Her reports from Europe for the ''Los Angeles Times'' received the

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of America citation for excellence in 1995. In 2000, Walsh became a reporter for the business/financial desk of ''

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''. Her 2002 reports with

Walt Bogdanich Walt Bogdanich (born October 10, 1950) is an American investigative journalist and three-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize. Life Bogdanich graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1975 with a degree in political science. He recei ...

and

Barry Meier Barry Meier is a writer and former ''New York Times'' journalist who wrote the 2003 non-fiction book '' Pain Killer: A Wonder Drug's Trail of Addiction and Death''. His articles "have led to Congressional hearings and changes in federal laws". ...

won the George Polk Award for Health Care. The same series of reports was also a finalist for the 2003

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for distinguished business and financial journalism. Her ''Times'' reporting on public pensions, with Michael Cooper, won a Society of American Business Editors and Writers award for explanatory journalism in 2011.

References

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